#69 in Humour
Holidays on Ice
- 134
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Holidays on Ice” is a slim collection of Christmas essays and stories whose humour is far darker than the festive theme suggests. The Macy’s elf piece is the one some readers single out, and Sedaris is at his sharpest when observing his own states of mind. Some find the remaining pieces uneven and straining for shock, and feel the language and a few of the jokes show the book’s 1990s origins.
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About the book
Holidays on Ice is a 1997 collection of essays and stories about Christmas, some new and some previously published, by David Sedaris.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 208 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Humour average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 13 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 195 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Holidays on Ice?
It has 134 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Humour.
In this book
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